Great Quotes for Coaches Podcast

Today we are back to the interview format for the show. I interview veteran college football coach and current 6-12 principal of the River Valley Community School District in Correctionville, Iowa, Adam Bisenius.

Like Coach Dave Maynard two weeks ago in Episode 86, Adam first heard this quote as a young boy when his father said it to a team he was coaching. It stuck with Adam ever since those days, and he has used it in his own coac...

Two weeks ago in episode 85 of the podcast, you heard me briefly reference Tom Brady as the guy that Trent Dilfer was talking about when I first heard him say the quote I discussed on that episode, "How you do small things is how you do all things."

Today, we go straight to Brady for the quote I discuss. The actual quote is new to me, for I first heard it from Brady on a podcast he was interviewed on called Armchair Expert. ...

Today we are back to the interview format for the show. I interview veteran coach of a variety of sports, Dave Maynard.

Coach Dave talks about a great quote that he used to hear his father say when he was coaching and that I first heard college basketball coach, Rick Pitino say - "Practice doesn't make perfect—perfect practice makes perfect." We have a great discussion on the quote, as well as a variety of other coachin...

This might be the most important quote I've ever done on the show. Okay, that's probably a stretch and a bit of hyperbole, but I'm not sure that it is. It's also not meant to discredit all the great quotes that I have talked about or that our guests have talked about. It's just that this quote is all about the discipline to do everything in your life the right way so as to maximize your chances for success and y...

Today I interview veteran youth hockey coach, Karl Norton. Karl talks about a great quote by sports psychologist, Dr. Jerry Lynch - "Your influence is never neutral."

We have a great discussion on the quote, and we explore a variety of topics that it led to, the biggie being the value of a "games-approach" to practice vs. a "drills-approach." I really enjoyed the discussion and all that I learned from Karl, a...

This week we continue Season 3 with another episode where I will be talking about an impactful quote. This is  Part 2 of a 2-part episode that I began last week. Today's quote and last week's quote are quite similar to one another, but their focus is just a bit different, so I thought I would talk about each of them over these two weeks. 

This week's quote carries on the concept of getting more improvement in the areas w...

We continue Season 3 of the "Great Quotes for Coaches" podcast with another episode where I will be talking about an impactful quote. This is actually Part 1 of a 2-part episode. Today's quote and next week's quote are quite similar to one another, but their focus is just a bit different, so I thought I would talk about each of them over the next two weeks. 

Today's quote comes from English mathematician and bios...

It's been a long time, but we are now back to the interview format again for the podcast! I'm excited to start having other coaches and leaders back on the show for you. Today you are in for a real treat!

Doshia Woods is the Head Women's Basketball Coach at the University of Denver. She is doing all kinds of great things creating a culture of character and excellence in her program, and you will hear a lot of outstandin...

Season 3 of the "Great Quotes for Coaches" podcast opens up with a new episode about a single impactful quote. This one is from Hall of Fame NFL quarterback Kurt Warner. The quote came from his Hall of Fame induction speech, and it spoke to a concept that many of us deal with in some fashion from time-to-time. It is also a great lesson for us to teach the young people in our lives.

However, the first part of the quote had ma...

Today we finish up the series we have done for the last few months discussing John Wooden's "Pyramid of Success" and a variety of quotes in support of it. We have finished all the blocks and all of the mortar elements that holds the blocks together.  We have reached The Apex of the Pyramid - Success!

We come full circle today. We started the series out discussing Wooden's definition of success and how it was that he ...

Today we continue the series discussing John Wooden's "Pyramid of Success" and a variety of quotes in support of it. We have finished all the blocks of the Pyramid, and today we will finish the  mortar elements that hold the blocks together. 

The first nine mortar elements were Ambition, Sincerity, Adaptability, Honesty, Resourcefulness, & Reliability, Fight, & Integrity, & Patience. 

Mortar Element #10 is Fa...

Today we continue the series discussing John Wooden's "Pyramid of Success" and a variety of quotes in support of it.

We have finished all the blocks of the Pyramid, and we are up to the final two mortar elements that hold the blocks together.  Wooden put the final two mortar elements at the top because he felt they were the most important ones and that you couldn't have Competitive Greatness (the final building bloc...

Today we continue the series discussing John Wooden's "Pyramid of Success" and a variety of quotes in support of it. We have finished all the blocks of the Pyramid, and we are into what Wooden called the mortar that holds the blocks together. We have covered the first seven mortar elements, Ambition, Sincerity, Adaptability, Honesty, Resourcefulness, & Reliability, & Fight.

Today we move to Mortar Element #8, Int...

Today we continue the series discussing John Wooden's "Pyramid of Success" and a variety of quotes in support of it. We have finished all the blocks of the Pyramid, and we are now into what Wooden called the Mortar that holds the blocks together. We covered the first six mortar elements already, Ambition, Sincerity, Adaptability, Honesty, and Resourcefulness, & Reliability.

Today we move to Mortar Element #6 - Fight....

Today we continue the series discussing John Wooden's "Pyramid of Success" and a variety of quotes in support of it. We have finished all the blocks of the Pyramid, and we are now into what Wooden called the Mortar that holds the blocks together. We covered the first five mortar elements already, Ambition, Sincerity, Adaptability, Honesty, and Resourcefulness.

Today we move to Mortar Element #5 - Reliability. This is ano...

Today we continue the series discussing John Wooden's "Pyramid of Success" and a variety of quotes in support of it. We have finished all the blocks of the Pyramid, and we are now into what Wooden called the Mortar that holds the blocks together. We covered the first four mortar elements already, Ambition, Sincerity, Adaptability, and Honesty.

Today we move to Mortar Element #5 - Resourcefulness. This is a short episode,...

Today we continue the series discussing John Wooden's "Pyramid of Success" and a variety of quotes in support of it. We have finished all the blocks of the Pyramid, and we are now into what Wooden called the Mortar that holds the blocks together. We covered the first three mortar elements already, Ambition, Sincerity, & Adaptability.

Today we move to Mortar Element #4 - Honesty. Is there really much that needs to be ...

Today we continue the series discussing John Wooden's "Pyramid of Success" and a variety of quotes in support of it. We have finished all the blocks of the Pyramid, and we are now into what Wooden called the Mortar that holds the blocks together. We covered the first two mortar elements already, Ambition and Sincerity. Today we move to Mortar Element #3, Adaptability.

Adaptability is a key to anyone's success because...

Today we continue the series discussing John Wooden's "Pyramid of Success" and a variety of quotes in support of it. We have finished all the blocks of the Pyramid, so we are now into what Wooden called the Mortar that holds the blocks together. Last week we started with the first mortar element, Ambition. Today we move to Mortar element #2, Sincerity.

Sincerity is critical to your success, especially when it comes to wo...